longer given patriots day. but now a sense of relief. i have heard from my neighbors and friends. it's a tight-knit community in watertown. i can speak of watertown, if not for the entire new england area. there is a sense of relief. i have seen people applaud the police, applaud the governor when he was making his speech earlier with mayor menino. there is a sense of pride knowing we worked together to solve it, at least bring it to this level. >> there was a blanket of fear over the community, maybe all of new england, not the nation that somebody would set bombs at a sporting event and kill children and maim other children and adults. the carnage here has been oh horrific. as you stand here how do you feel this has reached its conclusion knowing what we have been through? >> i don't know if it has reached a conclusion. it made people wiser. maybe more aware of what's going

around them. a little bit more careful. more apt to shake a hand than a fist. i was at the marathon. i saw people instead of running away, ran to the problem. putting their own -- not even thinking of their own personal condition, but worried about there is another of my fellow citizen, another human being who needs help. that's where i'm going. a sense of solidarity and a feeling of compassion is overwhelming now. >> thank you so much. i think that's really something that warms my heart to hear him say. he's saying that in all of this he sees the positive, not the negative. that's really one thing that i guess will be perhaps a silver lining to all of this that we discovered about how we are as americans and how we pull together. this was a matter of those who used their eyes and ears. first the pictures came out. everybody started providing information to the fbi. then we had what happened here

in the neighborhood with the shootings and bombs being thrown out of cars and more calls from neighbors. then what concluded here tonight with one very observant person saying, i see something in the backyard that doesn't look right. making the call, bringing in the s.w.a.t. teams to conclude this, take the suspect into custody who is now on the way to the hospital. >> kerry, thank you. i want to read to everybody. from the boston police department. they have tweeted out, quote, captured. the hunt is over. the search is done. the terror is over. and justice has won. won if they intended for the verse to rhyme. suspect in custody. anne thompson, proud bay state native, is in copley square. adding insult to injury, in my opinion, and i understand why, but they cancelled the bruins game and they cancelled the sox game at fenway which was just

like, you know, the one thing people were looking forward to doing was gathering to cheer on their team even if they were just going to feel bad for a while together. we can't change the fact that we have little kids with grievous injuries, terrific losses to the city of boston. but this will help. >> reporter: it will, brian. the cancellation of a bruins or sox game is a small price to pay. i talked to businessmen who had no business today because of the lockdown. people who couldn't leave their houses. every one of them said to me it was important to them that this suspect be captured alive. because they want justice. they also want answers. they want to know why these two brothers are accused of doing the worst thing you could do in this city.

attacking the boston marathon. the event that brings this city together every year. the attack has pierced the heart of the city. now it's the opportunity for answers. that is so important to to the people of boston. brian? >> anne, you're absolutely right. the focus can remain on the people coming out of the hospital. the focus can remain on comforting those poor families who suffered a terrible loss. look at that. folks in watertown have reason to feel good. they didn't do anything to anybody. suddenly they are at home watching local news or leno or what have you, whatever hour it was. a gun fight in a suburban street. let them have their moment of celebration. lester holt, now a conga line of

heavily armored vehicles in the commonwealth coming out to applause. >> i may be punchy because i have gone 40-some hours without sleep -- [ applause ] >> i'm not sure what he's saying. but that's a boston p.d p.d. s.w.a.t. vehicle. >> thank you. it was a pleasure. it was a pleasure. >> reporter: thank you. it was a pleasure. he said, boston p.d., it was a pleasure. [ applause ] >> bpd! bpd! >> reporter: these were the stern-faced police officers we have seen with automatic weapons preparing for the worst.

now they are basking in the applause of the crowd. as i said, i may be punchy from all these hours with no sleep here. i have a big grin on my face. this does take me back to one of the very few good memories of the time related around 911. that was when we recognized the hard job our first responders do. they got their credit. that's what we are seeing here in watertown tonight. it's a huge sigh of relief for these folks who were facing another difficult night with the threat of these crazed bombers in their midst. now it's over. the first responders we have watched with such admiration and as they went, it is very dangerous work. who among us would want to chase people throwi ining grenades an home made bombs and engaging us in firefights and the things

they put up with. >> it was close to urban warfare last night, lester. just think. there were members of the police department advancing last night -- yes, they were wearing body armor, but they had one of these pressure cooker bombs thrown at them. it went off and left a scar visible on the road surface. they were under incoming fire inching down a residential street. you can drill for that kind of thing all of your life but if you are the member of a residential or city police department and you have to discharge your weapon because you are under fire it's the most disorienting thing. yes, we have calculateollateral and folks had rounds come in through their house. we are so fortunate that that was the extent of it.

ron, you're down there somewhere. >> i'm on mount auburn street in watertown. just blocks from where this all went down. it's quite a scene out here. there are probably several hundred people lining the streets. i counted at least several dozen police vehicles of every sort coming out here. lights are flashing. there are families out here. little kids enjoying something they will remember for a long time in this community. throughout this week we have seen so many efforts of people coming together at the hospital where is doctors came together into the emergency wards to help out when they were off duty. here in this neighborhood people walked down but started trickling out when they heard the suspect was cornered. now they are cheering. they were shouting "usa, usa" a

while ago. an incredible scene out here. it's a celebration but it's not vindictive. it's a dignified situation, catharsis, relief, sigh of satisfaction. congratulations to the men and women out here protecting the community. it gives you a feeling of unity. i can't remember the last time i have seen law enforcement cheered like this as they drive-thru with lights flashing. there is a helicopter flying overhead as well. the helicopter that played a big role in spotting the suspects. they are cheering the helicopter, the police cars. just an incredible night in watertown, brian. >> i'm sitting here thinking i have known a lot of cops.

i grew up with a lot. i have done a lot of ride alongs on the night shift. if you have known a police officer and you have been with them it can sometimes feel like the most thankless job in the world. yet on their worst day ever to have their best reception ever on the job, nothing wrong with this in the world. this is awfully gratifying. they have done something extraordinary. >> reporter: exactly. in talking to the police officers, they really feel that. a police officer was lost at m.i.t. another officer was badly wounded. you know, they took hits along the way here. it could have been a lot worse. in talking to people in the community, law enforcement officers as well, it's hard -- it's really hard to understand what it's like to be in a city this large and essentially be

under siege. so many people said it before. no one has ever seen anything like this where for the better part of a day, a busy day that would be commerce and school, things were shut down completely. so i think there is a feeling of relief, satisfaction, and just a genuine appreciation that people are expressing to the officers. you know, they are driving through here with huge smiles on their faces. you know, the police dogs are barking. it's a carnival atmosphere. trying to move closer so you can hear the sounds, the big watertown fire department truck. it's like a parade. people giving them thumbs up. big smiles of satisfaction.

just gratitude and appreciation. when is the last time a community thanked those who serve and protect them. it says it on police cars around the country. here you feel it. this was a unique, intense, emotional situation for so many people in the greater boston area. brian? >> ron, while you're talking this is some measure of how sick and far reaching the story is. one of the guys shaking hands in the crowd is wearing a jacket of the t diplomatic security division. these are guys. this shows what an all-hands crime this was. d diplomatic security is what it sounds. they help police, embassies, ambassadors and state department employees around the world. they have a few domestic offices mostly based out of new york and washington. the fact that this was, if you have a badge and a gun and expertise, get on into work and get yourself up

to massachusetts. the reason we are seeing so many license plates and jurisdiction names on the side of vehicles and on the backs of jackets, this took everybody. there is a very good chance in a town like watertown where it's, you know, very much a working class community where if it is local cops people will know them. for visiting law enforcement agencies after the worst day of their lives this has to be some of the best reception they have ever had in their professional lives. this doesn't happen in the law enforcement business. there's the reason why. that young man in custody and alive. a couple of things to our customers tonight, as boston ems departs. we wanted to let you know, this being friday night, we of course have an all new "rock center"

planned coming up in 45 minutes here on the east coast at 10:00 p.m. eastern. obviously we'll just stay on the air. we'll kind of accentuate our coverage of what's been going on in boston. this is something else i suspect has just been announced. we've got to hear from the same public officials who earlier lifted the ban on staying in the house. so i suspect we'll hear from the governor, mayor menino, police chief in watertown. the fbi. they have booked a 9:30 press conference under the auspices of bpd, boston police department. there goes massachusetts state police. again, most of the same folks, let's be honest. these are the last guys you want to see in your rear-view mirror. i'm out there with you on the roads. i know the feeling. these are the first people you

want in your town when there is an exchange of gun fire and you have been awakened by it on a thursday night. if you are vaguely aware there was a crime at m.i.t. nearby, no one knows if it is tied to the worst disaster in boston in years. but that's why you are seeing this. let's listen. >> this is an amazing ending to a horrible week, horrible day. to have everyone here together. i have never seen applauding before. i have never been in a situation like this. just to have the applause. it's unbelievable. i can't help but get in it. you know? it's fantastic. >> can't put it any better than that. >> how are you feeling? >> i don't know what to do with myself. i don't want to feel because of the feeling of unity. i have lived in watertown my whole life. this is a small community.

to watch the news all day it was surreal. i'm sure you have heard everybody say that. being a resident, it really was. as i said -- >> cheering, what's up with that? >> they changed the perception. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you! >> to ron allen's point it's like a small town memorial day or fourth of july parade. the bigger the vehicle the bigger reception you get as you drive out. you just see the joy. these are just folks -- i have an idea they might be partying wicked hard in parts of boston as well now that the threat has passed. again, we are coming up on this briefing at 9:30. we've got a temporary -- a report a few minutes back that this suspect was being brought

to the hospital in cambridge. rehema ellis is at -- where are you? mass general? >> reporter: i'm at mass general hospital here. we have seen a lot of activity of state police cars, unmarked cars with lights on, sirens flashing and going up into the emergency entrance of the hospital. i'm not sure if my camera man can get a shot of the front door. i'm told there are state troopers guarding the entrance, the front entrance to the hospital. i think we are anywhere from five to seven miles from watertown. the closest hospital would be mount auburn. many say the facilities that exist here at massachusetts general hospital, they believe, are superior to those in mount auburn and this might be a place they would bring him. it is curious that so many police officers and so many police vehicles have come here to the hospital. as you know, one of the things that so many people have come out from the buildings, the pubs

that opened, standing on the sidewalks, brian, trying to get a glimpse of ambulances or police cars coming this way. i have heard you talking about people copped up all day and it seems there could be a resolution has given people relief. they are thinking about the victims. you know, there are 54 victims from the shootings, the bombings. something like ten of those victims are here at mass general. six are listed in critical condition. we should mention what you have pointed out earlier. that's the officer who was gravely injured in the shooting early this morning by one of the bombing suspects. that's 33-year-old richard donohue. we were told today he was out of surgery. according to officials with transit authority they say the married father of a young child is listed as critical but

stable. people are offering prayers and hopes he will be well as well as hoping for the victims of the bombing that they will recover from their injuries, brian. a lot of activity out here in front of mass general hospital where we have seen several state police cars, coming in at a fast speed as if something were about to happen here. >> what you have picked up may indicate something. rehema ellis outside the entrance to mass general. one more thing. good call on the scarf. i happen to know that color will get you in any establishment in boston, massachusetts. >> reporter: having grown up here, brian, yeah, i know that. >> rehema ellis outside the entrance to mass general. a brief moment of levity, if we are allowed. also as we continue to watch -- there we go.

the watertown fire department leaving the scene outside the town diner. there is a gentleman named james scott. he's been able to procure video of the scene that went down tonight in that neighborhood. let's roll video. [ gunshots ] >> so that is franklin street. obviously shot from an alcove on a second or third floor around the corner. but that's all about the audio as much as it is the video. what sounds like police firing

short bursts on full automatic. what a harrowing thing for the people in this town to go through. 9:23 p.m. they are gathering for this briefing. one of the oh people we are going to hear from tonight apparently is boston mayor tom menino. he's in a wheelchair. this has been tough for him. no one with's been mayor of bottom longer than tom menino. 20 years. just announced his intention not to run again. he twisted his ankle, discovered later it was a break. he had surgery saturday. monday was the marmarathon. he signed himself out of the hospital after it happened because he had to be on top of this. tonight he grabbed the p.a. system in the bpd, the boston police car he was in and

announced to everybody his thanks. he has tweeted out, i have never loved this city and its people more than i do today. nothing can defeat the heart of the city, nothing. from mayor tom menino of boston. chuck todd at the white house oh. you made a good point to me earlier today in an e-mail. the boston metropolitan area has been considered basically the most dangerous place in our country for the last 24 hours. so much so we have never seen a municipal lock down like the one we witnessed. yet it was deemed safe enough for the leader of the free world the day before to lead an interfaith service. >> it's stunning to think about. you can only imagine what's going through the head of the secret service today when they saw that decision of the dragnet. there are a few things here. we know the president learned of

the capture from fbi director robert mueller. he called the president to give him the tick-tock. the president has been getting briefings all along from fbi director robert mueller plus janet napalitano plus intelligence folks. all of it on that front. the white house, not to take anything away from what we do on television. the white house today had local news feeds of two of the boston affiliates so they could monitor seven or eight different channels at any one time. they were watching local television following the events of the day. >> chuck, as you are speaking the cavalcade of vehicles continues. couldn't help but notice a guy driving through in a white porsche suv, he got applauded presumably for driving through. we may now see regular traffic starting to come through. chuck todd at the white house. i imagine this has been a dicey

24 hours for the folks there. watertown will now relax. their businesses all lost a day of business. remember, schools were closed. there was no public transportation. we expect amtrak to re-open the northeast corridor north of new york if that hasn't happened already tonight. it was very dicey leaving boston logan today. they added an extra ring of security on top of the tsa. they really tried to drop a net down over the region and the investigation went as far south as new jersey, the home of the suspect's 24-year-old sister. it stretched overseas. it will continue to because,

remember, they are going through the computers of both suspects. one of them is no longer around. then the interrogation continues. unbelievable. came out here. they did a great job. everyone's free. it's amazing. >> you don't get this every day. do you know what i mean? sometimes it takes the worst thing ever to make you realize how good this country is. >> thanks. >> thank you. >> if you are just joining us,

we are awaiting the official news conference, said to be minutes away. we will hear from -- there is the gathering. this is what the camera shot will look like. there is the governor with his back to us. deval patrick. they are probably waiting for a quorum. still a heavy police presence there. for the first time in days, some of the people you see there. governor shaking hands. so i think mics will be set up and we'll go live there. we won't take our eyes off the scene. we are continuing to get word of any extensions of this investigation. it's stretched into new bedford,

mass. fbi took in a couple of people, either current or former roommates of one or both of the suspects. the sadness b, of course. we have to dwell on this because we owe it to the families. think of the family in dorchester. they lost their son martin. 8-year-old kid. their daughter has lost a leg. their mom is in the hospital having under gone brain surgery. the 29-year-old from medford, mass, the student from china who won't be returning to her parents. last night an m.i.t. campus police officer sitting in his vehicle, gunned down. what a terrible, awful, growing loss of life over the past few days.

the death toll stands at five. we have 50 some odd people in the hospital. an extraordinary number of people will emerge from the bottom marathon with combat-like injuries we have treated on battlefields in the dual wars in the last ten years. it just isn't right. this is why in part you are seeing this happiness and celebration. kerry sanders, what's it like on your street corner? >> reporter: okay, brian. it's come to a conclusion. folks are taking the huge sigh of relief. people are coming out of their houses. they are in their cars. there are folks walking up and

down the street. you know, it's just really contagious to see how happy people are. they have been through a tremendous amount. you know, there is still a lot of pain here. for the moment people are really, really thrilled. you know, i'm originally from new england. my niece is up in the north end. she's telling me people are out there celebrating. back to you, brian. >> the commander of the state police has started talking. let's go to the news conference. >> to those families that lost loved ones or suffered injuries they have to live with the rest of their lives, for a police officer, a young man starting a career at m.i.t. and a police officer with the mbta who almost lost his life and from neighborhoods that lived in fear for an spire day, we are

eternally grateful for the outcome here tonight. we have a suspect in custody. i want to thank all of the partners who worked tirelessly over the last four days including the fbi, the transit police, our brothers with the boston police department, the u.s. attorney's office, and the support we have gotten from our governor over the last four days. we are exhausted, folks. but we have a victory here tonight. let's not forget those people along the way. thank you very much. governor? >> thank you, colonel. well, on behalf of krystle, martin, lindsay. on behalf of the m.i.t. officer lost last night and the transit officer who was injured. on behalf of the hundreds of people hurt by the explosions at the marathon, i want to say how grateful i am to the colonel, to

the special agent in charge rick deslaurier, to law enforcement who worked so hard and so well together to bring us to tonight's conclusion. it was a complicated, challenging case. there are still questions remaining to be answered. but as the colonel said because of that extraordinary collaboration and cooperation by all of the law enforcement resources and assets and more to the point people, professionals who brought their "a" game, we have a suspect in custody tonight. i want to also just thank all of the members of the public for their extraordinary patience, their participation in the investigation by reviewing photographs of their own and others that were up through the media. we thank you for that. and helping us narrow in on

these suspects. they were helpful and patient and grateful for that as well. it's a night we're all going to rest easy. carmen? >> thank you. >> good evening. i'm united states attorney carmen ortiz. i have to say that both the governor and the colonel have put it tremendously well. tonight we feel a tremendous sense of gratitude and relief. the ordeal that this community, especially this neighborhood has endured over the last 24 hours tonight we can sleep a bit easier. to all of the unpredictable horrific and yet heroic acts that have occurred over the last several days starting with the terrible bombing attack that occurred on monday, here we are. not forgetting the victims of

the crimes that have occurred over the last several days. the victims of the bombing, martin, lindsay, krystle. officer sean collier and officer donohue. tonight you will have many questions. i want to say, as i have said the last several days, this has been a very active, ongoing investigation. for some of you tonight is a closure. for me the journey continues. this will be an on going and active investigation as we saw the details continue to evaluate a tremendous amount of evidence and file our formal charges. i will say this. i have never been prouder to stand with a tremendous group of law enforcement here from the

colonel to the commissioner to my federal colleague with the fbi, rick deslaurier. the state and local agencies and departments that worked so oh ha hard since the attacks on monday. so committed and putting their lives on the line as we fought the last 24 hours to try to get a suspect into custody. my journey and my office's journey begins and this investigation will continue so we will not be able to provide the details you may want at this time. as the days continue, you will get answers to those questions. thank you. >> mayor? >> thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you to the law enforcement officials for working together. state police, boston police, fbi, all working together. that's when government works the best. i want to thank the citizens out

there. the last week didn't know what was happening out there. today because of the hard work of so many individuals working together we had a conclusion. also the folks that lost their live this is week. we are a better city for what happened this week and we'll get better. for the media, thank you for your support this week. it wasn't easy. some days it was hard. they were working hard. i spent a lot of time with the law enforcement officials. we say thank you to them, the work they did. tracing down every lead we got. it was so significant to what came to the end of this today.

i feel so good about this. i'm so happy. people in the greater boston area will be able to sleep tonight because of the work of these individuals. >> good evening. my name is rick deslaurier from the fbi in charge of the boston division. it seems like many months since the day of the boston marathon bombings but it's been merely five days since the tragic explosions that took three lives, critically injured 180 spectators and instilled terror and fear in the citizens of boston, massachusetts and elsewhere. today the city of boston, cambridge and watertown and many other communities can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that two perpetrators who caused so much

pain and anguish are no longer a threat to our personal safety and to our communities. together with the action and support of our joint terrorism task force partners, many of which are on the stage with me this evening, the fbi and our partners remain vigilant and continue to follow through thousands of leads and sifted through hundreds of tips through thousands of man hours to reach this moment. this was an absolutely intense investigation. i do emphasize a truly intense investigation. as a result of that, justice is being served for the victims of these terrible crimes. i want to personally express the fbi's profound thanks to each of our partners for bringing us to this point this evening. no one agency alone accomplished the task of keeping the city of boston and the commonwealth of massachusetts safe. thank you very much. i thank you for your support of

our media campaign which publicized the photos. thank you very much for the support the media provided on that. it was phenomenal. thank you. >> four days ago by city was rustlesly attacked. there is no explaining the savagery involved here. there is no explanation for it. i spent the last several days looking at hundreds of hours of videotape. i got to see how brutal the attack was over and over again. mor importantly i got to see what the boston police officers who responded to the scene along with the medical personnel and the other first responders did to put people back together. tourniquets, stemming bleeding with their hands, putting a man on fire out with their hands. these are the things that came out of this savagery. makes me proud to be a boston police officer, proud to be a

part of this team. rick deslaurier from the fbi could not be more cooperative. we sat together almost hour for hour for the last four days sharing every bit of information in a real team. colonel is the same way. carmen ortiz, with us all the time. then to bring the governor and the mayor together, leading the city of boston in responding to this. i finally just want to say the citizens of the city have been incredible. they have been patient with us. they have ep dured an enormous amount of heart ache and aggravation over the last four days. we are happy to put it back together. thank you. >> water town police chief deveau. >> as the police chief of watertown, i can't be prouder of my community and the men and women of the police department. what they have been through. what we have been through the last 24 hours i wouldn't want to

see another police department go through. the support we have had from all the agencies mentioned over the last 24 hours has been incredible. to see so many p agencies work together with the governor, with the mayor of boston and our officials in watertown has been really great. i have spoken to the people in watertown before. i can't thank you enough. the community stood strong. it was the call from a resident of watertown. we asked you to remain vigilant and you did. we got the call and we got the guy. we can want thank you enough. you have done everything and more that we have asked. extremely proud of law enforcement today and what we have accomplished. thank you. >> chief macmillan? >> while you watch we want to let you know when this is concluded we'll go to the white house briefing room. you see them preparing there. the flags are being put up, the seal on the podium. we'll hear from the president of the united states about this

turn of events in watertown, massachusetts tonight. for now, back to the news conference. >> dedication and commitment at its best. i'm proud to be part of it. >> special agent in charge of the atf. >> i'm special agent in charge of the atf. today the world witnessed this law enforcement community's commitment to apprehending these offenders. make no doubt this combined effort will never cease in its protection of every city, every town and every neighborhood in our nation. the prayers from every atf employee will continue to go out to the victims as they heal from this senseless act of violence. may god bless the citizens. >> dan conley. >> thank you very much. i was listening to the police action all afternoon on the

radio. i would like to join my voice or add my voice, i should say, to those who came before me to say what an extraordinary police operation across all jurisdictions i was able to listen to and witness today. i was at the scene early on. in our business it's about accountability. i can't say how happy and pleased i am that the second subject was taken alive. this will ensure accountability for the victims and their families. congratulations to law enforcement for a job well done. now the task ahead for accountability. thank you. >> questions? >> how did the events transpire at the boat? >> there was a call that came into the watertown police. officers and fbi agents responded to franklin street. a man had gone out of his house after being inside all day abiding by our requests to stay

inside. he walked out and saw blood on a boat in the backyard. he opened the tarp on the top of the boat and looked in and saw a man covered with blood. he retreated and called us. we set up a perimeter around that boat and over the course of the next hour or so we exchanged gunfire with the suspect who was inside the boat. ultimately the hostage rescue team or the fbi made an entry into the boat and removed the suspect who was still alive in the boat. >> can you talk about the imperative of taking him alive? >> we always want to take suspects alive. >> i understand that, sir. can you talk about it in the context of this particular individual? can you talk about accountability? can you talk about -- >> we always want to take somebody alive so we can find out what happened, why it happened and hold them for justice.

>> the hostage rescue team did work in trying to negotiate him out of the boat. they tried to talk him out. although from what i understand he was not communicating. >> have they aided and abetted the suspect? >> i don't have that information. >> can you talk about the suspect's injuries? >> you got this guy. this is it. >> based upon our investigation at this point in time the citizens of the city in boston in this area can be confident that the threat has been removed. the suspect is in serious condition at the hospital. >> how did you know these were the suspects you were looking for? they didn't rob the 7-11. how did you know they were there? >> the suspects came to our attention after a vicious assassination of a police officer at m.i.t.

a subsequent robbery occurred. we got video from the gas station. the robbery was a car jacking. officers engaged the car from the watertown police department and other officers. we were able to put the case together. >> -- shot when you were ap reher rehending him at the boat? >> the man who found him said he was covered with blood. we assume that occurred the evening before. there was gun fire exchanged at the boat. we don't know if he was struck. there was a house in new bedford the hostage rescue team went into. we felt it was important for the investigation. the suspect wasn't found there. >> can you tell us more about the assassination of officer

collier? what do you know about it? >> my understanding is he was assassinated in his cruiser. >> do you know what he was doing? >> he was responding to a call for disturbance. >> given that he was out there, still armed was it a mistake to give the all clear for people to go outside? >> we didn't give an all clear. we made it clear that people -- this was a very serious, dangerous situation. we had no information that the suspect was still holed up in this area. he managed to elude us by being slightly outside of the perimeter we set up. we told everyone this was a dangerous situation and they should be cautious. this is a dangerous time in the worldful we have to use caution. that's what we asked people to do. thankfully this man called us right away. got on 911. we were able to take care of the

situation. there is no report of explosives with him. i was at the scene. there was an exchange of over 200 rounds of gunfire, improvised explosive devices and hand made hand grenades thrown at officers in the scene. this is stuff in an urban police department that's almost unheard of. these officers acted heroically, protected the community and protected each other when they responded to the scene. i'm proud of the actions of the watertown police, state police, boston police. it's been an incredible team. i was told there was an exchange of gun fire. i was not there when he was taken out of the boat. >> no miranda warning? can you explain that for us? >> the fbi may want to explain that. that's a federal issue.

>> had the boat been searched earlier in the day? >> no. >> what was the question? >> there are reports there was no miranda giving. they were claiming public safety kpenls. >> there is a public safety exemptions in days of national security and charges involving acts of terrorism. the government has that opportunity right now. i believe the suspect has been taken to a hospital. thank you. >> what's the federal death count? >> this is still an active, on going investigation. we'll review all of the evidence before that kind of decision is made in terms of whether or not to seek the death penalty you review all of the evidence. it's a very thoughtful, long process that is engaged. it's the attorney general of the

department of justice that makes the final decision. >> commissioner -- >> i'm sorry. >> -- straight to the boat. can you or the colonel talk about what happened. was he moving around? how did you know it was a chance to take him into custody? >> we know he didn't go straight to the boat. when we set up the perimeter with the best intentions with a lot of information, we found blood in the car he abandoned, blood behind a house. we had no information he was outside a perimeter. it was chaotic early this morning. we had a police officer that was shot, bleeding. there are a lot of things going on. we thought we got the perimeter solid. we pretty much did that but we were a block away. he had to be moving after. he was behind a house for a

period of time. >> how did you know you could take him into custody? had he been moving around? >> the reason we knew this is our helicopter had detected the subject in the boat. we have a forward-looking infrared device. it picked up the heat signature of the individual. even though he was under what appeared to be the cover on the boat. there was movement from that point on. the helicopter was able to take him into custody. it was outside the perimeter during the day. it was not searched. this was the act of a citizen that went out and discovered this individual in the boat and called the watertown police department resulting in our response.

>> is there a chance the suspect won't make it? >> i don't know. i didn't see him when he was taken into custody. he's in serious condition. i don't know to what extent. >> i think we have taken enough questions for now. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> there we have it. the news conference after tonight's apprehension. the suspect is alive. a couple of notes. and that is the achievement of science. something like forward-looking infrared that from a helicopter high above saw the heat signature of a human body under that winterized white vinyl they

wrap boats in to get through the season. number two, let's hear it for digital photography for all the folks going back to eastman kodak and bell labs who developed it. it will end up being such a critical part, such a ctical reason why this case was resolved so quickly. to the white house briefing room we go. we learned within the last few minutes we'll be hearing from the president. he's been watching all of this. he has been watching tonight's story develop in watertown, mass. chuck todd is among those standing, waiting in front of the podium for the blue door to open. the president will come out. we'll hear from him for a few minutes, chuck. >> we will. they made the decision to speak and wait until the press conference was over. we'll hear the official

two-minute warning in a few minutes. he was monitoring the events in the residence. when he saw the news and the first reports they were watching local boston affiliates here. it was in the oval office the fbi director gave him the full debrief of how it went down and how the suspect was apprehended. his remarks will be fairly short. somewhere between five and seven minutes. there will be a lot of celebrating of law formt officials. joint task force very well and you will hear the president mention that and realize the lives lost in the law enforcement community that we heard in the news conference. president will likely make mention of that, as well. >> perhaps we will keep an eye on the briefing room.

perhaps you heard in the voice of those officials at the news conference anytime a fellow officer goes down in the line of duty, this was -- this upped the stakes and made it so much more personal, so much more serious for them. this was a campus police officer at m.i.t. just starting his career and just dogging his job. not the first time we heard tonight the word "assassinated." killed for sitting in a police cruiser and happening to be at the wrong place at the wrong time as these two suspects roared out of boston, roared out of greater cambridge and intersected with the campus of m.i.t. that is the development so many americans heard as they turned in last night. and people were left wondering,

seems coincidental there would be a campus shooting on the grounds of m.i.t. after the all of this. are the two related? could the two be related? it was an evening of fits and starts last night. several people were photographed because they were asked to get down on the ground spread eagle out of a preponderance of caution after law enforcement would burst in to a neighborhood. many of them, it turns out had nothing to do with the case. one man was stripped of his clothes, put in to a police cruiser. two others were arrested. some internet rumors took off as to the identity of one of the suspects and it was almost stated as fact and of course turned out to be not true. here are your suspects. the older brother on the right died as a result of bullet

wounds last night. and the younger brother was apprehended alive this evening. he's been transported to the hospital. he's in serious condition. there are no plans to do any formal questioning of him as his medical status is the priority right now. rehema ellis is outside of the entrance to mass general as we await the president. reho what's going on there tonight? last we checked in there were a bunch of police cars came in at a high rate of speed. >> reporter: that's true. there is a lot of activity here and at a couple of other hospitals, as well. perhaps they have not decided where they were going to take him. it is important to remember that another transit officer was also injured last night. gravely injured. he's a young man, 33 years old,

young husband, and the father of a young child. i believe 56-month-old child. he was gravely injured by the suspects and he underwent surgery an according to authorities he came out of the surgery and is in critical but stable condition. we want to remember the fact he's trying to recover as are 54 other people whom these

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portion of the white house. lester holt remains in watertown, massachusetts. looks like folks are just taking in the moment. >> reporter: they are. it's a cesell bra toir mood. i kind of feel what they're feeling, the sense of relief. anybody that's been here these last several days. the tension that people have been living with. you looked around. you knew these bombers were around. in this neighborhood, last